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Trying to set up encryption on Gentoo.
It's getting REALLY tiresome. Instead of first trying it on a VM, of course I did it on hardware right away hence I can't use my main computer right now.

>/boot is unencrypted and both initramfs and kernel reside on there.
>I specified the mapper name "cryptroot" in the grub and dracut.conf.
>picrel is what happens when it asks for the key. It shows a bunch of gibberish
>I can still enter the password and it encrypts accordingly, just NOT USING THE MAPPER NAME I SPECIFIED
>waits a few minutes maybe
>shows error message "can't boot: cryptroot not found"
yes I rebuilt both configs everytime after changing anything.
I also added a crypttab in the hope that this would help in some way.

here's the "rdsreport.txt" showing the full boot log of the initramfs:
https://pastebin.com/9zBY1TmP

crypttab:

Code:

cryptroot /dev/disk/by-uuid/85499172-bc5f-407e-a9ff-a891f0f71143 none luks

Code:

dracut.conf:

possible language: perl, relevance: 6

install_items+=" /etc/crypttab "

early_microcode="yes"

add_dracutmodules+=" btrfs crypt dm uefi-lib "

omit_dracutmodules+=" network cifs nfs brltty "

compress="zstd"

kernel_cmdline="

rd.luks.uuid=a18375d2-4470-4c81-91be-abde1e6d8456

root=/dev/mapper/cryptroot

rd.luks.allow-discards 

raid=noautodetect

rootfstype=btrfs "

grub:

Code:

possible language: perl, relevance: 113

# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors

# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2

#

# To populate all changes in this file you need to regenerate your

# grub configuration file afterwards:

#    'grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg'

#

# See the grub info page for documentation on possible variables and

# their associated values.



GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="cryptdevice=UUID=a18375d2-4470-4c81-91be-abde1e6d8456:cryptroot:allow-discards root=/dev/mapper/cryptroot"

GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK=y

GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Gentoo"



# Default menu entry

#GRUB_DEFAULT=0



# Boot the default entry this many seconds after the menu is displayed

#GRUB_TIMEOUT=5

#GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu



# Append parameters to the linux kernel command line

#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

#

# Examples:

#

# Boot with network interface renaming disabled

# GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="net.ifnames=0"

#

# Boot with systemd instead of sysvinit (openrc)

# GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd"



# Append parameters to the linux kernel command line for non-recovery entries

#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""



# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)

#GRUB_TERMINAL=console



# The resolution used on graphical terminal.

# Note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE.

# You can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'.

#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480



# Set to 'text' to force the Linux kernel to boot in normal text

# mode, 'keep' to preserve the graphics mode set using

# 'GRUB_GFXMODE', 'WIDTHxHEIGHT'['xDEPTH'] to set a particular

# graphics mode, or a sequence of these separated by commas or

# semicolons to try several modes in sequence.

#GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=



# Path to theme spec txt file.

# The starfield is by default provided with use truetype.

# NOTE: when enabling custom theme, ensure you have required font/etc.

#GRUB_THEME="/boot/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt"



# Background image used on graphical terminal.

# Can be in various bitmap formats.

#GRUB_BACKGROUND="/boot/grub/mybackground.png"



# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to kernel

#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true



# Comment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=PARTUUID=xxx" parameter to kernel

#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_PARTUUID=false



# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries

#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true



# Uncomment to disable generation of the submenu and put all choices on

# the top-level menu.

# Besides the visual affect of no sub menu, this makes navigation of the

# menu easier for a user who can't see the screen.

#GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=y



# Uncomment to play a tone when the main menu is displayed.

# This is useful, for example, to allow users who can't see the screen

# to know when they can make a choice on the menu.

#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="60 800 1"

I am absolutely clueless as to what to do. Is this the kernel somehow being misconfigured or dracut?